224 LDS sex abuse cases found
United States
- Crime country: United States
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- Wendi Sorenson (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Visalia, California; convicted in 2017 of multiple types of sex crimes involving alleged abuse of a minor
Crime: 2010s, 
Crime state:
California,
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- Convicted:
2017,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, - Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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Crime state:
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- Derrick Starley (1991 – ) was a full-time LDS missionary in Chubbuck, Idaho; from Utah; was charged in 2013 with sexual battery of a child 16 or 17 year old; per Idaho State Journal, the alleged crime occurred during his mission in October 2012; pled guilty in 2013 to felony injury to a child; sentenced to 10 days in jail; was given a withheld judgment; in 2016, guilty plea was set aside and case was dismissed
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2013, 
LDS positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment, 
Alleged church actions: unknown, -
- Corey Stock (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bishop in Eagle Mountain, Utah; charged with 9 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor on March 13, 2026
LDS positions: Bishop, - Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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" I showed the youngest I could find," "Keep them coming," and "I'm a perv." -probable cause affidavit, from his Kik messenger conversations"
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- Ronald Stone was a teacher at Hayden Elementary School in Coeur d'alene, Idaho; was convicted of two counts of LEWD CONDUCT in June 2022; sentenced to 30 years in prison
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2022, Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Alleged church actions: unknown, -
- Dennis Stutz (1942 – 2024) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- James Takane (1930 – 2023) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl at his home in 2001; convicted in 2002 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to 90 days in the Cache County jail
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Registered sex offender, -
- Todd Tanner (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Cortez/Durango, Colorado area and St, George, Utah; co-founder of Utah-based dirty soda business Swig Drinks in approximately 2010; charged in 2010 in Colorado with crimes related to child sexual abuse; convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 48 months probation; allegedly was a Sunday School teacher in St. George, Utah after his conviction
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Colorado,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Stake high council, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, After Tanner's 2011 conviction in Colorado, the Mormon church allegedly assigned him to be a Sunday School teacher for LDS teenagers in St. George, Utah
"All I wanted was to go far away to a place where you could not hurt me [..] Now I speak for the 12-year-old girl I once was. [...] You changed how I feel about myself [...] You don't deserve that kind of power. [...] Many days, it seems I feel ready to give up. [...] I continually uncover the hidden wounds that will need to be healed. [...] I choose to take back my power and relinquish the power he held over me."
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- Corey Taylor (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Baltimore, Maryland; pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to sexual abuse of two minor children; in 2026, sentenced to 15 years in prison
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Maryland,
Convicted:
2026, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged church actions: Approved for rebaptism, Church member allegedly wrote to First Presidency in support of accused, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -
- Anthony Teeples (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019
- Crime: 1980s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Patrick Tervort (1992 – ) was a reportedly a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pled guilty and convicted of three counts of FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE a 2nd Degree Felony; sentenced 1-15 years for each conviction; all prison time suspended.
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2023, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- Nathaniel Thompson (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nampa, Idaho; pleaded guilty of two counts of raping a minor in 2024; is a registered sex offender living in Nampa, Idaho as of May 2026;
- Convicted:
2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Nathan Tripp (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Webster Groves, Missouri; charged with two counts of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy of a person less than 12 years old, charged in 2025.
- Convicted:
Ongoing,
- LDS positions: Bishop, primary chorister, primary pianest, Scout leader, ward music leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Email to stake leaders,
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- Robert Tubbs (1951 – ) was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Violated parole/probation, 
Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, -
- Benjamin Turner (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and LDS Primary teacher in Davis County, Utah; accused in the 2000s of child sexual abuse and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM); convicted on federal charges; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Joshua Twelves (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of two second-degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; as of April 2026, is a registered sex offender in Magna, Utah
- Convicted:
2016,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Veloy Twitchell (1954 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Marysville, Washington; accused in 2015 of perpetrating a sex crime that allegedly took place in approximately 2004; convicted
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Washington,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -
- Alva Van Wagoner (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
1999,
- LDS positions: Branch president, Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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"The judge also noted that he had never received so many letters in support of anyone who had come to his court before as a defendant in a criminal case."
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- Stephen Wanlass (1939 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; in 1997, pleaded no contest to one third-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to up to five years in prison; registered sex offender; died in 2018
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1997, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Gregory Weinand (1985 – ) was a Cowley, Wyoming man; convicted of two counts of possession with the intent to promote child pornography in 2025; sent CSAM images to an undercover agent in Texas; was extradited to Montgomery County, Texas, to face trial
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Jeffrey Welling (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fruit Heights, Utah; convicted of enticing a minor online in 2022;
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Criminal case(s): Pleaded guilty, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Lynn Whitaker (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kanosh, Utah; convicted of two counts of sex abuse of a child in March 2016; is incarcerated in Central Utah Correctional Facility as of May 2026; is a registered sex offender as of May 2026
- Convicted:
2016,
- LDS positions: Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Jared Wilson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Raleigh, North Carolina; convicted in 2011 of crimes related to child sexual abuse (six total counts of indecent liberties with a child); released from prison in 2015; no longer a registered sex offender as of 2025; in 2013, the alleged victims' mother sued the Mormon church, a stake president and two bishops; the case settled in 2015
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
North Carolina,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: ever-ward-missionary, Music leader, Sunday school, Sunday school teacher, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result, Alleged failure to reportChurch paid $unknownAlleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Stake official accused of failure to report, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report, -
- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Alleged failure to report-
- Skyler Wright (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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